Friday, August 19, 2011

HELP! A confidence interval for a parameter is a. An interval of probabilities concerning a parameter. b?

c. is the best answer. For example a survey might estimate that the portion of Americans who approve of Obama is 60% plus or minus 2%, with a confidence level of 19/20. This means we are 95% confident that the true proportion of Americans who approve of Obama is between 58% and 62%

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